Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco 860VAE Series Integrated Services Routers.
The last day to order the affected product(s) is October 26, 2017.
Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) as shown in Table1 of the EoL bulletin.
- Table1 describes the end-of-life milestones, definitions, and dates for the affected product(s).
- Table2 lists the product part numbers affected by this announcement. For customers with active and paid service and support contracts, support will be available under the terms and conditions of customers’ service contract.
Table1. End-of-Life Milestones and Dates for the Cisco 860VAE Series Integrated Services Routers
| Milestone | Definition | Date |
| End-of-Life Announcement Date | The date the document that announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life of a product is distributed to the general public. | April 27, 2017 |
| End-of-Sale Date: HW |
The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale after this date. | October 26, 2017 |
| Last Ship Date: HW |
The last-possible ship date that can be requested of Cisco and/or its contract manufacturers. Actual ship date is dependent on lead time. | January 24, 2018 |
| End of SW Maintenance Releases Date: HW |
The last date that Cisco Engineering may release any final software maintenance releases or bug fixes. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software. | October 26, 2018 |
| End of Routine Failure Analysis Date: HW |
The last-possible date a routine failure analysis may be performed to determine the cause of hardware product failure or defect. | October 26, 2018 |
| End of New Service Attachment Date: HW |
For equipment and software that is not covered by a service-and-support contract, this is the last date to order a new service-and-support contract or add the equipment and/or software to an existing service-and-support contract. | October 26, 2018 |
| End of Service Contract Renewal Date: HW |
The last date to extend or renew a service contract for the product. | January 21, 2022 |
| Last Date of Support: HW |
The last date to receive applicable service and support for the product as entitled by active service contracts or by warranty terms and conditions. After this date, all support services for the product are unavailable, and the product becomes obsolete. | October 31, 2022 |
HW = Hardware OS SW = Operating System Software App. SW = Application Software
Table2. Product Part Numbers Affected by This Announcement
| End-of-Sale Product Part Number | Product Description | Replacement Product Part Number | Replacement Product Description | Additional Information |
| CISCO866VAE | Cisco 886VAE router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over ISDN | C866VAE-K9 | Cisco 866VAE Secure router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over ISDN | – |
| CISCO866VAE-K9 | Cisco 866VAE Secure router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over ISDN | C866VAE-K9 | Cisco 866VAE Secure router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over ISDN | – |
| CISCO867VAE | Cisco 867VAE router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over POTS | C867VAE | Cisco 867VAE router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over POTS | – |
| CISCO867VAE-K9 | Cisco 867VAE Secure router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over POTS | C867VAE-K9 | Cisco 867VAE Secure router with VDSL2/ADSL2+ over POTS | – |
Customers may be able to continue to purchase the Cisco 860VAE Series Integrated Services Routers through the Cisco Certified Refurbished Equipment program. Refurbished units may be available in limited supply for sale in certain countries on a first-come, first-served basis until the Last Date of Support has been reached.
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